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May 27, 2025 Tanya Olson, _University of Maryland, Baltimore County_ LGBTQ+ musicians have always played a part in country music, but even today they are being kept just outside the

spotlight. May 23, 2025 Corey Mitchell, _The Conversation_ The elite university sued the Trump administration after the government revoked its ability to enroll international students. May

16, 2025 Richard Forno, _University of Maryland, Baltimore County_ The perennial tug-of-war between government interests and individual liberties is playing out in the battle over encrypted

messaging. Technology tilts the field toward individuals. May 1, 2025 David L. Di Maria, _University of Maryland, Baltimore County_ Student visa holders face high levels of vetting and

monitoring. Escalating those protocols will redirect students to other countries and weaken US global leadership, a scholar argues. April 17, 2025 Manas Gaur, _University of Maryland,

Baltimore County_ Large language model AIs can ingest long documents and answer questions about them, but a key question is how well they ‘understand’ individual sentences in the documents.

March 21, 2025 Fred L. Pincus, _University of Maryland, Baltimore County_ The conservative think tank’s efforts to dismantle the Education Department go back more than 40 years, a scholar

writes. March 17, 2025 Margie Burns, _University of Maryland, Baltimore County_ The phrase appeared on thousands of pages unrelated to Jane Austen before and during her life – and was a

favorite phrase of the abolitionists. March 6, 2025 John Rennie Short, _University of Maryland, Baltimore County_ Des coûts en hausse et des recettes qui baissent, c’est le cocktail

rencontré par de nombreuses villes des États-Unis. Et l’administration Trump pourrait les abandonner à leur sort. Jusqu’au krach ? February 26, 2025 Ian Anson, _University of Maryland,

Baltimore County_ Democrats are desperate to retake control of Congress; Republicans want to keep it. To win, it helps to know what kind of voter is willing to cross party lines. February

20, 2025 John Rennie Short, _University of Maryland, Baltimore County_ A perfect storm of rising costs and declining revenues is stressing many US city budgets – and the Trump administration

isn’t likely to send much help. March 27, 2025 Ming Xie, _University of Maryland, Baltimore County_ FEMA pools national resources to help states quickly manage disasters. Without that

federal support, each state would be left to build its own expensive response capabilities. February 6, 2025 Richard Forno, _University of Maryland, Baltimore County_ News reports paint a

frightening picture of DOGE staff trampling time-tested – and in many cases legally required – management and security practices. December 6, 2024 Richard Forno, _University of Maryland,

Baltimore County_ Chinese hackers are alleged to have broken into US phone networks, giving Chinese intelligence services a window onto specific Americans’ phone and messaging activity.

October 22, 2024 Farah Nibbs, _University of Maryland, Baltimore County_ The islands’ vulnerability has roots deep in the exploitative systems forced on them by colonialism, from slave-based

land policies to ill-suited development that put lives in harm’s way. September 18, 2024 Richard Forno, _University of Maryland, Baltimore County_ Smartphones may be indispensable to modern

life, but they’re also perfect tools for spying on their owners. Anyone looking to avoid being tracked – like, say, militant groups – tends to ditch them. September 2, 2024 Christopher K.

Tong, _University of Maryland, Baltimore County_ and Charles Krusekopf, _Royal Roads University_ Mongolia has worked hard to craft friendly relations across the globe. But geography means

that Russia and China still retain a strong influence. August 29, 2024 Fan Yang, _University of Maryland, Baltimore County_ Of the four presidential and vice presidential candidates, only

Tim Walz did not mention China in his convention speech − and he is the only one with personal knowledge of the country. July 19, 2024 Richard Forno, _University of Maryland, Baltimore

County_ A faulty software update crippled airlines, hospitals and government services. A security researcher explains why it’s likely to happen again and what needs to be done to lower the

odds of a repeat. July 16, 2024 Richard Forno, _University of Maryland, Baltimore County_ When political discourse is devoid of facts and high on demonization, it’s no surprise that

political violence is the result. There is a way out, but it’s slow and will take effort. June 4, 2024 Farah Nibbs, _University of Maryland, Baltimore County_ A leading driver of this

seaweed invasion is pollution, carried down rivers and into the Atlantic Ocean from the continents.